Stories of our families are like blossoms. Some are beautiful stories full of life. Others are not so beautiful, like spent blossoms. Some are just buds as we try to find more information about them. Other stories may be like the loose stones under the tree-not related to the family at all.

Saturday, 2 April 2016

B is for Boulia - AtoZChallenge 2016

Map courtesy of Boulia Shire Council. Used with permission.

Sign in the main street of Boulia

It is approximately 1900 kilometres north west by road from Brisbane according to this sign but 1700 when I did Google Maps-what's a couple of hundred kilometres when you've come this far?
Today we started the family history weekend school for budding family historians in Boulia. The Local QCWA(Queensland Country Women's Association) and the Rural Arts Development fund has sponsored us to travel to Boulia. Boulia Shire Council, Ancestry and Find My Past are also sponsors of the weekend.
The Shire Hall in Herbert St was buzzing with participants learning how to find their ancestors.